My name is Aly 
Santa baby, I’ve been an awful good girl…
Monday 21st December, 2009 - 1:07pm
Well it’s the 21st of December now (at least in my part of the world!), which means that Christmas Day is now scarily close. I have so much to do in so little time…and yet I’m still spending what will probably be a whole hour of lost productivity writing in my blog. 
The joys of procrastination, huh?
Yesterday too was filled with short but numerous spurts of procrastination, during which time I decided to amuse myself by writing a letter to Santa, hehe. 
Dear Santa,
It’s Aly here. I admit it’s been a while since I last wrote to you, so you probably don’t recognize me (after all, I have gained a bit of weight since 2nd grade). You might remember me as that adorable but extremely badly behaved little girl from David Jones department store in 1992 who kept pinching her little brother and asked for a Girl Power Makeover Kit. (I’m still waiting, by the way. Slacker!) I know I didn’t make a very good impression, what with all the kicking and shrieking, but I want you to know that I’m trying not to do that so much anymore now that I’m 24. I think you’ll be pleased by how much I’ve matured!
I know I usually ask for a lot, but I figure since you’re not my dad and I don’t harass you for these things every day when you get home from work, these requests won’t seem quite so infuriating. This year for Christmas I would like:
- A 3-bedroom penthouse with a view and a maid service, either at Dockside or South Bank (I’m not picky, either will do).
- A red Alfa Romeo. Oh, and someone to drive it…’cause I don’t have a license.
- One of those cool indoor marble fountains that I can put rubber ducks in.
- A periodic table shower curtain (like the guys in The Big Bang Theory have!).
- A hippopotamus
- A couple of these would be nice too…
- A one-of-a-kind solid gold Mr Potato Head
- Oh, and chocolate is always good…
And just to prove that I have indeed been good and deserve these things for Christmas, here are a few pictures of my best deeds of the year:
I know, I’m totally lame, lol. But hey, they call it the silly season for a reason, don’t they? (Please say they do!)
On a slightly less insane note, I spent several hours this morning making my own Christmas bon-bons. I remember having some instructions for them a while ago, but I couldn’t find them so I just tried to remember them as well as I could. Surprisingly they seem to have turned out okay and even the “test snap” was successful. I made them out of empty toilet paper rolls covered in gift wrap with a bon-bon pull taped inside (I got a bunch of them from Riot, an art and craft store here), then filled them with a couple of lollies and some of the worst corny jokes in history. 
Anyway, I ended up typing up the instructions (and the jokes) so you can make your own too – click on the picture below (yes, that’s one of the ones I made, lol – I’m such a show-off!) to go to the page. 
I’ve also been trying to get into the Christmas spirit by obsessively listening to my 2009 Christmas mixtape (which is technically a CD of course these days, but they’ll always be mixtapes to me!) interspersed with the new Bob Dylan Christmas CD, which is fantastic by the way. I tend to be a little obsessive-compulsive with my CDs – I’ll listen to one or two of them constantly (for up to weeks at a time sometimes!) before changing to something else to listen to just as obsessively. Luckily my dad’s much more tolerant of this behaviour than my mum ever was (it drove her insane, lol), but then again my dad’s probably just glad to be able to walk past my room and hear something besides The Smiths, who I’d been listening to on a constant 24-hour loop for about two weeks. Strange as it may seem, my parents and I usually have quite similar taste in music, but The Smiths is one of the few exceptions (my mum doesn’t like them either, boooo). The Cure is the other. What is wrong with these people? Bah! They have no taste.
Where was I? Right, Christmas music. Last night I was trying to make an interactive sort of playlist that would play the full songs so I could share some of my favourites, but I couldn’t seem to find anything that worked the way I wanted it to, so instead I’m just going to link to the individual songs at Groove Shark and you can just listen to whichever ones you want (if any).
Aly’s favourite holiday songs |
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| U2 – Christmas (baby please come home) | Listen |
| Bob Dylan – Here comes Santa Claus | Listen |
| Bruce Springsteen – Santa Claus is comin’ to town | Listen |
| Sting – I saw three ships | Listen |
| Brenda Lee – Rocking around the Christmas tree | Listen |
| Marilyn Monroe – Santa Baby | Listen |
| Chuck Berry – Run Rudolph run | Listen |
| Chris Rhea – Driving home for Christmas | Listen |
| John Lennon – Happy Xmas (war is over) | Listen |
| Band Aid – Do they know it’s Christmas? | Listen |
Anyway, I’d better get back to my gift wrapping (I’m trying to wrap up all the presents while Dad and Sean aren’t around, lol), so I’ll end this here. Adios amigos. Be excellent to each other!
My lovely commentors: Julie, Marianne, Simply Precious, Christine, Vanessa, Brandy, Natasha, Kristine, Jenn, Caity, Gillian, Charley & Daniella. 
Posted in My big fat geek life, Tis the season
Tags: christmas, crafts, festive music, letter to santa
I’ve to admit I’ve never written a letter to Santa before. I wonder what would happen if I actually drop such a letter in the the mail box in Singapore. Perhaps it’s time I start writing one?
Santa has given me a gift or two this year. I’m trying hard not to be too greedy and asking for more. lol!
I wrote letters to Santa all the time when I was young, lol. Your letter is hilarious
I love the pictures 
I love holiday songs.. mostly. My fave. holiday song at this moment is Destiny’s Child – Rudolf the Red nose reindeer xDD
What a nice letter for Santa. I never wrote a letter to him ever since. LOL at the pictures Aly being good. Hahaha! I love it! Merry Christmas girly!
Lol, I had to improvise a little because I didn’t have any photos of me really doing good deeds…probably because I didn’t do any. I think I’m on Santa’s naughty list again this year.
And merry Christmas to you too April! Have a good one.
LOL about your letter! And LOL about photoshopping your picture in those pictures!!!
Hehe, hope you were able to wrap all of those gifts! =)
The Rockin Around The Christmas Tree song I think is the most played song at Christams parties.
Every time I hear Do they know it’s Christmas? it kinda makes me cry…
Your Dear Santa letter is hilarious, I think I wote one or two of them when I was little. But I never mailed them. I just a gave them to my dad to mail..
I’m not familiar Christmas bon-bons? Is it like a toy or something?
Christmas bon-bons are like a type of party favour/game…you pull on one end while someone else pulls on the other (kinda like a tug-of-war) until the snap thing inside pops and the bon-bon breaks apart and sweets and other little trinkets go flying. Almost like tiny little pinatas, lol. They always have really bad jokes inside too, hehe.
OMG looking at those pictures I realize I stand no chance getting anything nice! I’m not god at all compared to you! I mean, you’re a doctor AND a fireman AND a teacher AND a whatever you call those taking care of old people. I totally think you should get your penthouse!
Wow, you sure have been busy this year putting out fires and helping old people, haha. I hope that my good deeds can measure up, LMAO! Seriously, that made my morning. Great letter & hilarious photos. With all those good deeds you’ll definitely get those A&F boys and that penthouse.
SHOPPED! I CAN TELL CUZ OF THE PIXELS AND THE LIGHTING!
I joke. I laughed when I saw you had shopped your face onto those different people. Where’s you saving a puppy from a biker gang?
That’s funny you’re listening to the Dylan Christmas album. I was just telling my friend that if he ever becomes a rock star, he should make a Christmas album and get lots of easy money since people will buy a popular artist singing songs they know. He thought I meant the old dude from Love, Actually who just put “Christmas” in a hit single, but that could work, too. I hope your Christmas will be fun, Aly!
SHOPPED! I CAN TELL CUZ OF THE PIXELS AND THE LIGHTING!
Damn! That obvious, huh? Hahaha. I don’t think I could have done any better a job than that anyway with my lack of skills and patience.
And oh noes, I knew there was something I was forgetting! Poor puppy…
Haha, thanks, that’s really nice!
Yeah I suppose, she said there will be a Spring recital so I guess I’ll get it over with then.
I luuurrvve reading, lol. I’m such a nerd.
LMAO! Haha, how fun. That seems worse than my paint mug fiasco. Each letter?!! Mann…
That’s what people have been saying and that’s what I shoud’ve done…goshh.. I’m so stupid sometimes.
I spent like 150$ on like seven people, lol.
Oooh, what a lovely letter! Yeah, mention in the letter I would LOVE one of those boysss over there too. XD
Haha, nice “proof” very authentic.
Those are so cool, I made those last year with my mom. Let’s just say my mom can get a little frustrated sometimes… XD
Gurrrl..you are absolutely hysterical! That list and those pictures of you being “good” are priceless. =)
3 bedroom penthouse eh?lol theres a lot in New York (5th avenue).. I like your letter for santa though.. Now it seems like i wanna make one..I sooo love the pictures.. lol hmmm I love John Lennon’s happy christmas
D: I don’t like that equation up there ^
Christmas has really been coming really fast the past couple years for me, I don’t know where the time goes
Lol, I like your list, very nice
I just have a teeny, tiny correction, how about boys who wear nothing? 
LMAO! I love your good deeds, your a saint aren’tcha? I’m hoping Santa has a laptop for me, I hate using this one…broken and crowded with crap that I’m not allowed to move.
Oh thats cute, I wish I had the patience to do those, lately I’ve been getting frustrated with the toaster….. ya, Carly = loser.
Good luck with your gift wrapping, mine took forever…URGH!
Awwe, I wish I was in Australia, it seems like such a cool place! I’m so jealous
Lmao, thank you, I’m okay now xD And its okay, I wanted to make people laugh, lol
Hehe, sorry about my spam protection thingie…don’t worry, it doesn’t really do anything; just my idea of a joke. XD
I just have a teeny, tiny correction, how about boys who wear nothing?
The above changes are hereby approved by the editor.
Lol, why are you getting frustrated with the toaster? My toaster and I get on fine – it holds the mail for me.
And Australia, cool? Not right now, lol! It’s the middle of summer and the heat and humidity is quite horrific.
But in terms of awesomeness it’s not so bad, hehe.
Loving your “Aly being good” collage! You’ve done so much good this year, there’s no reason not to get ALL the awesome things on your list